Angle limiting reflector and optical dispersive device including the same

a technology of optical dispersive device and angle limiter, which is applied in the field of angle limiter and optical dispersive device including the same, optical spectrum analyzer, etc., can solve the problem that prior art osas of compact size may still suffer from insufficient wavelength selectivity, and achieve the effect of improving spectral selectivity and compact siz

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-01-28
VIAVI SOLUTIONS DEUT
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[0008]An object of the present invention is to provide an optical dispersion device utilizing a dispersion grating in a multi-pass configuration, which can operate in a broad wavelength range with an improved spectral selectivity, while having a relatively compact size.
[0013]In accordance with one feature of this invention, the second angle and the first vertex angle of the first prism are selected so that the total internal reflection at the output face of the first prism prevents light of any wavelength in the operating wavelength range from contributing into the output light beam after travelling more than twice between the reflecting grating and the reflector.

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Nevertheless, prior art OSAs of compact size may still suffer from insufficient wavelength selectivity, especially if they operate in a broad wavelength range.

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[0035]One aspect of the present invention provides an optical dispersive device such as an OSA having a reflection dispersion grating in a double-pass configuration with an angle-limiting reflector. An embodiment of such an OSA is illustrated in FIG. 2 and will now be described.

[0036]With reference to FIG. 2, an OSA assembly 100, hereinafter referred to as the OSA 100, includes a wavelength dispersive element 40 for receiving an input light beam 18 propagating in an input direction from an input lens 21 and for outputting at least a portion thereof as an output light beam 25 in an output direction towards an output lens 20. In the following, where it does not lead to a confusion, we will be referring to a light beam propagating and to the direction of its propagation using a same reference numeral, so that for example the direction of propagation of the input beam 18 will be referred to as the input direction 18, and the direction of propagation of the output beam 25 will be referre...

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The invention relates to angle-limiting optical reflectors and optical dispersive devices such as optical spectrum analyzers using the same. The reflector has two reflective surfaces arranged in a two-dimensional corner reflector configuration for reflecting incident light back with a shift, and includes two prisms having a gap therebetween that is tilted to reflect unwanted light and transmit wanted light. A two-pass optical spectrum analyzer utilizes the reflector to block unwanted multi-pass modes that may otherwise exist and degrade the wavelength selectivity of the device.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present invention claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 081,754 filed Jul. 18, 2008, entitled “Aperture Limiting Reflector”, which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The present invention generally relates to a optical devices with angular disperison, and specifically relates to an optical spectrum analyzer utilizing angle limiting optical reflectors, and to angle limiting reflectors with compensation of the angular chromatic dispersion.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Optical spectrum analyzers (OSA's) are used for analyzing the output light beams from lasers, light emitting diodes (LED's) and other light sources. OSAs are particularly useful for analyzing light sources for optical telecommunication, where it is preferable to insure that the optical carrier includes only a single, spectrally pure wavelength. OSAs are also used for monitoring and analyzing information re...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G01J3/18G01J3/14
CPCG01J3/1804G01J2003/1208G01J3/14G01J3/02G01J3/0205G01J3/021
Inventor LOECKLIN, EBERHARD
Owner VIAVI SOLUTIONS DEUT
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